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"In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Autor), Longo, Norma J., 1943- (Autor), Neal, William J. (Autor), Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson (Autor), Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- (Autor), Hayes, Hannah L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Temas:
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Coasts > Environmental aspects.
Sea level > Environmental aspects.
Beaches > Environmental aspects.
Seashore ecology.
Mines and mineral resources > Environmental aspects.
Littoral > Aspect de l'environnement.
Mer > Niveau > Aspect de l'environnement.
Plages > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie des rivages.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines.
Beaches > Environmental aspects
Coasts > Environmental aspects
Mines and mineral resources > Environmental aspects
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Sea level > Environmental aspects
Seashore ecology
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Who's Mining the Shore?
  • 2. Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource
  • 3. Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile
  • 4. The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders
  • 5. Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow
  • 6. Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean
  • 7. A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining
  • 8. A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive
  • 9. Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth
  • 10. Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions.

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